CONTEST: Win Tickets to "Menopause" in Baltimore!

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Holy Hot Flash!  Have we got a contest for you!  The nice folks over at Menopause: The Musical, now playing at the M&T Pavilion at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, are giving away 5 pairs of tickets to this international sensation to BroadwayWorld.com readers! 

THE PRIZE: 

One of five pairs of tickets to the August 8^thperformance of Menopause: The Musical at 7:30 PM!  These tickets are for the Baltimore engagement only. 

 

 

 

 

THE RULES: 

• This contest is open to any reader of BroadwayWorld.com, female or male, aged 18 and older.  (Members of the Menopause: The Musical Company, employees and their families of the Hippodrome Theatre, The France-Merrick Performing Arts Center or LiveNation are NOT eligible.)
• Winners will be selected from all complete entries received by the deadline, that have the most answers correct.  In the event that more than one entry has the same number correct, winners will be selected from a pool consisting of those entries with the same number correct.
• A complete entry includes:
• Your full name
• The city and state in which you live
• The letter AND the answer to each question.
• You must attempt all questions to be eligible.
• All complete entries must be received no later than noon, Wednesday, August 1^st.
• Email all complete entries to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com.
• James Howard, Menopause: The Musical and BroadwayWorld.com are NOT responsible for late, lost or undelivered emails. 

THE CONTEST: 

Menopause: The Musical has broken the taboo of discussing "the change" women go through.  It has even spawned a women's movement!  Theatre sure can be powerful!  According to the show, there are several symptoms of "the change".  Below are several questions about those symptoms as they might apply to some famous ladies in theatre history.  Good luck and have fun!  NOTE: The photos below represent some of the answer choices.  They may or may not be clues to the correct answers.

1.  This famous cat, played on Broadway by Betty Buckley (among others), didn't suffer from "Memory" loss!  She sang it 7485 times at the Winter Garden Theatre, in fact.  She is:

a.  Jennyanydots    

b.  Bombalurina    

c.  Grizabella    

d.  Victoria    

e.  Rumpleteaser 

2.  Tevye's wife, Golde sure had trouble sleeping in Fiddler on the Roof, though her sleepless nights weren't likely due to menopause.  What caused her to toss and turn?

a.  Tevye was frisky    

b.  The threat of an attack by the Russians in Anatevka

c.  Her five daughters wouldn't stop singing about a visit from Yente, the matchmaker.

d.  Worry over where their next meal is coming from

e.  A visit from beyond the grave from her grandmother and others 

3.  Another "lady of a certain age" also suffered from sleepless nights at her Scottish castle.  Lady Macbeth was plagued by:

a.  Imagined blood that wouldn't wash from her hands

b.  Guards that talked too much

c.  Birnam wood moving to Dunsinane

d.  Dreams of the three weird sisters

e.  A candle that won't go out 

4.  Night feeding might explain the "indeterminate girth" of this Baltimore hon from Hairspray.  Of course, it doesn't help that she rides an Esskay hot dog cart in the streets…  She is:

a.  Penny Pingleton    

b.  Prudy Pingleton    

c.  Edna Turnblad    

d.  Tracy Turnblad     

e.  Velma Van Tussel 

5.  Odd cravings might plague this purveyor of meat pies, played on Broadway by Angela Lansbury, and most recently, Patti LuPone.  She is:

a.  Reno Sweeney    

b. Nellie Lovett    

c. Mame Dennis    

d. Eva Peron    

e. Mama Rose

6.  Talk about your mood swings!  Sister muses Melpomene and Caliope are two "Evil Women" in this musical based on a film currently playing on Broadway.  It is:

a.  Hairspray      b.  Grey Gardens     c.  Legally Blonde    d.  Xanadu      e.  Spamalot 

7.  Elaine Stritch, Debra Monk and Barbara Walsh all played Joanne in different Broadway productions of this Tony-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim.  This heavy drinking woman surely had bladder issues!  That show is:

a.  Frogs     b.  Company     c.  Follies     d.  Passion     e.  Bounce 

8.  Bitchy mood swings are a famous part of "Bosom Buddies" from Mame.  In the original Broadway cast, Angela Lansbury played Mame.  Who played her "bosom buddy" Vera Charles, "somewhere between 40 and death"?

a.  Bea Arthur    

b.  Estelle Getty    

c.  Rue McClanahan    

d.  Betty White    

e.  Lucille Ball 

9.  This real life character, jailed for the attempted assassination of Gerald Ford, suffered from both mood swings and paranoia.  She is:

a.  Little Edie from Grey Gardens    

b.  Celie from The Color Purple    

c.  Roxy Hart from Chicago    

d.  Sara Jane Moore from Assassins

e.  Janet Van De Graaff from The Drowsy Chaperone 

10.  Each of these older women showed their insatiable sex drive by pursuing younger men, EXCEPT:

a.  Lola going after Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees

b.  Elizaveta Grushinskaya going after the Baron in Grand Hotel: The Musical

c.  Mrs. Robinson going after Benjamin in The Graduate

d.  Norma Desmond going after Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

e.  Mama Morton going after Billy Flynn in Chicago 

  

Don't forget!  All entries must include the LETTER and the ANSWER for each question.  All entries must be received by noon, Wednesday August 1^st.